卖膏药 màigāoyao to sell snake oil Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 卖膏药 賣膏藥 mài//gāoyao to sell snake oil to use flowery words to deceive people or palm off low-quality goods, as traveling quacks once did; also written as 卖狗皮膏药 màigǒupígāoyao to keep someone in suspense to be deliberately vague or stop a story at a climax to tease the listener; same as 卖关子 màiguānzi Cross-References Variant of 卖狗皮膏药 màigǒupígāoyaoSame as 卖关子 màiguānzi
卖膏药 賣膏藥 mài//gāoyao to sell snake oil to use flowery words to deceive people or palm off low-quality goods, as traveling quacks once did; also written as 卖狗皮膏药 màigǒupígāoyao to keep someone in suspense to be deliberately vague or stop a story at a climax to tease the listener; same as 卖关子 màiguānzi Cross-References Variant of 卖狗皮膏药 màigǒupígāoyaoSame as 卖关子 màiguānzi
